The Two Towers Minifigs

The characters from the second movie, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, in LEGO minifig form. First posted 7-3-2004.

This is just a little battle scene I did of Gimli, Legolas, Haldir, and Aragorn fighting some Uruk-hai.

"I'm wasted on cross-country! We dwarves are natural sprinters! Very dangerous over short distances..." - Gimli (movie)

These are the main three fighting characters in the fellowship, excluding old men, hobbits, and people that get killed.

Not quite Helm's Deep, is it? I know, but until I make a Helm's Deep playset, you'll just have to work with me here.

"Then one rode forward, a tall man, taller than all the rest; from his helm as a crest a white horse-tail flowed. He advanced until the point of his spear was within a foot of Aragorn's breast. Aragorn did not stir. 'Who are you, and what are you doing in this land?' said the Rider, using the Common Speech of the West, in a manner and tone like to the speech of Boromir, Man of Gondor." - The Two Towers (book)

I never could make a face decal for Éomer that I really liked, but finally I settled on this one. Once again I have used my Liquid Snake hair on another minifig. I paid a lot of attention to the details on LEGO Eomer's chest decal. It wouldn't have looked right if I hadn't.

"Where is the horse and the rider?... Where is the horn that was blowing?... They have passed like rain on the mountain, like wind in the meadow. The sun has gone down in the West, behind the hills... into shadow." - Theoden

Though you can hardly see it, Théoden has a custom face decal just like Éomer. And, though you can hardly see it, he does have a beard. He is seen here in his battle armor, because battle armor is the best.

"Gandalf... That was what they used to call me: Gandalf the Grey. That was my name... I am Gandalf the White." - Gandalf (movie)

Though I already said it in my Fellowship of the Ring section, I have to say it again: no, my Gandalf is not the same minifig as my Saruman. He has a different head, staff, and chest decal. Look closely. I wish I could have cut his beard shorter so that it would be more like the movie and so you could see his chest decal better, but I didn't want to ruin another white wizard beard!

"Before Sam could get a hold, long legs and arms were wound round him pinning his arms, and a clinging grip, soft but horribly strong, was squeezing him slowly like tightening cords; clammy fingers were feeling for his throat. Then sharp teeth bit into his shoulder." - The Two Towers (book)

Well, it would seem the movie did that fight scene pretty accurately. After looking at all the other custom Gollums online, I decided I didn't want to make mine standard minifig shape. He had to be skinnier, so I used a Life on Mars alien body. I think the results came out quite nicely, myself. In fact, I'd say he's one of my best minifigs.

"This is no ordinary rabble of mindless orcs. These are Uruk-hai! Their armor is thick, and their shields broad." - Gimli (movie)

The one thing that I have never seen customized well online is a Uruk-hai. There are amazing models of Helm's Deep out there, the like of which I could never hope to build, but the attackers look more like an army of Sith than Uruk-hai. This can be excused since the the builder had to make so MANY of them, I guess, but... anyway, here are my Uruk. Yes, they all have different heads. I made the Uruk-hai blade (held by the one on the left) by taking the rifle barrel I had cut off to make Solid Snake's pistol for my Metal Gear Solid customs and shaving it to be thin using a fingernail file. His shield is merely a decal I drew and pasted on an official LEGO shield. The Uruk on the right is a berserker. Those are the bigger, almost naked Uruk-hai with the huge, two-handed blades. His blade was made by cutting the ends off of a pickaxe and sticking it into a grey lightsaber handle.

"An alliance once existed between Elves and Men. We come to honor that allegiance." - Haldir (movie)

Haldir is the leader of the Elves sent by Elrond to reinforce the Men of Rohan at Helm's Deep in the movie... something I'm pretty sure never happens in the book. He is killed in the battle by the Uruk-hai.

"Remember today, little brother." - Boromir (movie)

This is a scene that was cut from the theater version of The Two Towers. You can see it in the Extended Edition DVD, however. I liked the scene, even though it differed from the book a little.